Hurricane protection system

Abstract

A bar assembly includes hollow interior and exterior tubes. Each tube has an inner and an outer end. The tubes are of a length less than the distance between spaced vertical window jamb side surfaces. The bar assembly includes a rigid stopper. A stopper is press fit into the outer end of each tube. The bar assembly includes pins. A pin extends outwardly from each stopper. The bar assembly includes a coil spring. The coil spring is provided within the exterior tube. The coil spring has a first end. The first end is in contact with the stopper of the exterior tube. The coil spring has a second end. The second end is in contact with the inner end of the interior tube. The coil spring is adapted to be compressed to a loading orientation. The coil spring is further adapted to be expanded to an operational orientation.

1. A hurricane protection system comprising:
 a bar assembly including hollow interior and exterior tubes each tube having an inner and an outer end, the tubes being of a length less than the distance between spaced vertical window jamb side surfaces, a rigid stopper press fit into the outer end of each tube with a pin extending outwardly from each stopper, each pin including a base and a Tee-nut received within an axial aperture in the stopper, each base being threadedly received within a Tee-nut, aligned apertures with sleeves facing each other in the jamb side surfaces adapted to receive the pins when in an operational orientation, a coil spring within the exterior tube with a first end in contact with the stopper of the exterior tube and a second end in contact with the inner end of the interior tube, the coil spring adapted to be compressed to a loading orientation and expanded to the operational orientation. 
 
   
   
     2. The system as set forth in  claim 1  and further including a pair of wedges adjacent the bar assembly to maximize the contact force imparted by the bar assembly on a panel. 
   
   
     3. A hurricane protection system for precluding damage to windows during hurricanes in an efficient and economical comprising, in combination:
 a rectangular window oriented in an essentially vertical plane with an inside and an outside, the window being retained by a peripheral support; 
 a wall in an essentially vertical plane having a rectangular opening defined by a horizontal header surface above and a horizontal sill surface below and spaced vertical jamb side surfaces there between, the spaced vertical jamb side surfaces being spaced by a fixed distance, the surfaces fixedly supporting the peripheral support with the window there within, the jamb side surfaces each having pairs of cylindrical holes with the holes of each pair being in axial alignment and spaced from the header surface and the sill surface, a plastic sleeve of a length to be received within each hole; 
 a ridged wooden panel in a rectangular configuration positioned within the opening in contact with the peripheral support during operation and use and with an upper edge adjacent to the header surface, a lower edge adjacent to the sill surface and parallel side edges adjacent to the jamb side surfaces; 
 a bar assembly including a hollow interior tube having an inner end and an outer end, the bar assembly also including a hollow exterior tube having an inner end and an outer end, the tubes are each of a length less than the distance between the spaced vertical jamb side surfaces, a rigid stopper formed with an axial aperture and press fit into the outer end of each tube with a pin extending outwardly from each stopper, each pin including a base and a Tee-nut received within one of the axial apertures, each base being threadedly received within a Tee-nut, a coil spring within the exterior tube with a first end in contact with the stopper of the exterior tube and a second end in contact with the inner end of the interior tube, the coil spring adapted to be compressed to a loading orientation whereby the pins are located between the sleeves and an expanded operational orientation with the pins within the sleeves and the tubes in proximity to the panel; and 
 a pair of wedges on the panel facing the bar assembly to maximize the contact force imparted by the bar assembly on the panel.